Tag Archives: Oil Price

As we go into a new nuclear energy era, there are renewed concerns about what to do with the waste generated from nuclear plants. Nuclear waste is toxic and can remain radioactive for around 10,000 years, meaning that it needs to be disposed of appropriately to ensure people and the …

Oil trading giants and the national oil companies of some of the Middle East’s biggest oil producers are in the race to buy Shell’s South African service stations as they look to expand their access to downstream assets. The world’s largest oil firm and oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, the national …

In addition to the most popular renewable energy sources – solar and wind power – several countries are investing in the development of their hydropower capacity as they look to diversify their energy mix in pursuit of greater energy security. The hydropower market is valued at an estimated $251.58 billion …

The pace at which China will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions will be critical to reaching the global targets to fight climate change, Germany’s climate envoy has said. “What China decides to do in its NDC is probably the most important thing to keeping that 1.5-degree target in sight,” Jennifer …

The European Union will receive natural gas supplies that may have Russian gas mixed in, Czech energy minister Jozef Sikela told Bloomberg. Sikela has been tapped by the Czech government to be its member of the European Commission, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been said to …

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation has drastically cut its electric vehicle production target by 30% compared to previous plans, on the back of the slower EV uptake globally, Nikkei reported on Friday. Toyota, one of the world’s biggest car manufacturers, now aims at rolling out 1 million EVs in 2026, down …

A sanctioned LNG carrier is enroute to the Arctic LNG 2 facility to load what would be the fourth cargo of liquefied gas from the newest LNG facility in Russia. Bloomberg cited ship-tracking data as showing Everest Energy moving to the facility on the Gydan Peninsula in Siberia. The vessel …

OPEC+ has reached a deal to delay the unwinding of its production cuts that were planned to begin in October, anonymous OPEC+ sources told Bloomberg on Tuesday. The group now plans to ease output cuts beginning in December. OPEC+’s existing plan is to begin the careful process of rolling back …

South Sudan and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) are discussing the idea to build an alternative oil pipeline from the landlocked African country to Djibouti via Ethiopia to boost export capabilities, the presidency has said. The statement came during the visit of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir to China and …

Oil stocks went back in vogue two years ago with a vengeance as investors sought to get a piece of the record profits the industry reaped from the gas squeeze in Europe and the oil squeeze fears prompted by sanctions on Russia. Two years on, and that appeal is dissipating, …